A man who comes to own a close relative: is the relative freed or not?

Al-Sha'bi said: If a person becomes the owner of his brother, the brother becomes free.

Ibrahim said: If a person becomes the owner of his paternal uncle, paternal aunt, maternal uncle or maternal aunt, they become free. For him they are like his parents.

Ibrahim and al-Sha'bi said: Whoever becomes the owner of his paternal uncle, paternal aunt, maternal uncle or maternal aunt, or anyone below that in lineage, they become free.

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever becomes the owner of a relative, that relative becomes free."

The same is reported through another chain.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever becomes the owner of a mahram relative, that relative becomes free.

Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) became the owner of some of his maternal aunts at the battle of Ta'if, and so they became free.

Mustawrid bin al-Ahnaf said: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "My paternal uncle married me to his slave-girl, and he wants to enslave my children through this." He said: "He may not do that."

Jabir bin Zayd and al-Hasan said: Whoever becomes the owner of a close relative, that relative becomes free.

Al-Zuhri said: When a person becomes the owner of a relative, that relative becomes free.

Al-Hakam and Hammad said: When a person becomes the owner of his paternal aunt, maternal aunt, the daughter of his paternal uncle, or any mahram relative, they become free.

Ibrahim said: Children cannot become the owners of their parents, nor parents the owners of their children. The paternal aunt and the maternal aunt also have this same status.

Al-Hasan said: Whoever becomes the owner of a relative, that relative becomes free.

Ata said: Whoever becomes the owner of his paternal aunt or maternal aunt, they have the status of a mother.

Al-Hasan said: Whoever becomes the owner of a relative, that relative becomes free.

Ata said: Whoever becomes the owner of his paternal aunt or maternal aunt, they become free.

Shurayh used to free the child and the parent when one of them came to be owned by the other.

Al-Zuhri said: The established Sunnah has been that whoever becomes the owner of a mahram relative, that relative becomes free. Whatever kinship lies beyond that is a tie of relationship: Allah Almighty has commanded keeping the ties of kinship and has forbidden severing them. What severing of kinship could be greater than a man taking one of his relatives as a slave?

Al-Sha'bi said: If a person becomes the owner of his brother, the brother does not become free.